Tamu – Residency
10th sighting in Monterey Bay
Tamu @298
Jul 29 – Aug 20, 2025 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay · Jul – Aug 2025
92 m
Deepest dive
3:15
Longest dive
41
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 22
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2025 | 125 m | — | 61 m |
| Aug 10, 2025 | 1,055 m | — | 92 m |
| Aug 18, 2025 | 76 m | — | 32 m |
| Aug 18, 2025 | 79 m | — | 66 m |
| Aug 20, 2025 | 80 m | — | 70 m |
Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled
Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting
Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelledDepth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.
Dives
92 m
Deepest dive
3:15
Longest dive
41
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
22
Days first → last
Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →Dive profile
modelledDepth shaped by the seafloor limit here (1,055 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 10, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 1,055 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 8.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 76 m – 1,055 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 9.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.